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Mark Ludwig enters his 16th season at the helm of the York
program having become one of the top mentors in the country. Under
his tutelage the Spartans’ have accumulated a mark of
236-68-30 including a glistening 140-19-24 record since the 2005
season.

Since 2005, the Green and White have made nine consecutive trips
to the NCAA Tournament including two appearances in the Elite
Eight. York’s first two NCAA bids came on the heels of
back-to-back Capital Athletic Conference Tournament championships,
while York also enters the 2014 campaign as reigning five-time CAC
champs. The Spartans have finished seven out of the past eight
seasons with final national rankings of tenth, fifth, fifth, tenth,
eighth, 12th, and tenth in 2013.

York's 2014 season was another highly successful campaign
as York went 19-3-1 with a fifth straight Capital Athletic
Conference championship and a ninth straight NCAA Touranment
appearance. The Spartans advanced to the Sweet 16 before falling to
eventual runner-up Rutgers-Camden. The Spartans earned their CAC
championship with a 1-0 road win at Salisbury in the conference
title tilt.

York's 2013 season saw the Spartans capture their fourth
straight conference championship, a first for any York College
program. The Spartans capped their conference championship with a
tournament record 5-0 win over Mary Washington in the championship
contest. The Spartans opened the NCAA Tournament with a 1-0 win
over St. Joseph's (Long Island) followed by a tie and penalty kick
advancement against Rutgers-Camden. In the Sweet 16, York fell
behind eventual national champion Messiah 2-0 before roaring back
to tie the game and force overtime. After the extra sessions were
scoreless, the Falcons ended one of the most exciting games in
Graham Field history as they advanced on PK's, ending York's Final
Four quest.

The 2012 campaign was different for the Spartans as they started
the season 0-2 for the first time since 2001. The next few weeks
weren't much better as the Spartans were just 3-5-3 in the first 11
games of the year. The Green and White bounced back in impressive
fashion as they reeled off a 10-game unbeaten streak including
their third straight CAC tournament championship. The streak ended
with a tight 1-0 loss in the opening round of the NCAA
Tournament.

In 2011, the Spartans posted a 16-5-1 mark including a flawless
8-0 record in CAC play. Much to their credit, York did not
surrender a single goal throughout conference action. The Spartans
would go on to secure their fifth CAC Tournament championship
courtesy of a penalty-kick shootout victory after a 1-1 draw
against Salisbury. York once again reached the NCAA Tournament,
chosen as a host for the first and second rounds, but fell 1-0 to
Kenyon in the opening match.

In 2009, the Spartan squad posted an outstanding 17-1-5 record
including an undefeated 6-0-2 mark in CAC play. Highlighting the
campaign, York won the 2009 CAC Tournament title with a 2-1 triumph
over Stevenson. The conference crown was York's fourth CAC
championship and their third in the past five seasons. With the
conference title, the Green and White garnered their fifth
consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. York, chosen to host the
first- and second-rounds notched 6-0 and 2-0 wins, reaching the
Sweet 16 for the third time in the previous four seasons.

The 2008 campaign proved to be one of the top seasons for a
Ludwig-guided program. The Spartans posted a sterling 18-0-2
record, including an 18-game win streak to open the season,
outscoring their opponents by a wide 59-3 margin, as the three
goals allowed ranked the 2008 York squad as the top defensive team
in the history of NCAA Division III men’s soccer. A mark tied
by Amherst College in 2012.

In 2007, the Green and White stretched their unbeaten streak,
which began at the end of the 2005 season, to 49 consecutive
contests, one of the top marks in NCAA history. York then climbed
to first in the country in mid-October, the first team in York
College history to achieve such a ranking. The Spartans made their
third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, this time on their
first at-large bid. After winning three contests, including a
penalty-kick shootout win, the Spartans would bow out in the Elite
Eight to Middlebury, the eventual national champion.

Ludwig guided the Spartans to a stellar 2006 season which saw
them post a sterling 21-0-3 mark as they won the CAC regular season
and tournament crowns and advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA
Tournament before being ousted on penalty kicks. He was again named
the CAC and South Region Coach-of-the-Year, having received both
honors in 2005, and then earned Division III National
Coach-of-the-Year accolades. The Spartans finished the season
ranked fifth in the nation after reaching as high as second in the
country during the 2006 year, and sported the top winning
percentage in NCAA Division III men’s soccer.

Ludwig holds an NSCAA Premier Diploma and has coached 36 of the
37 Spartan Regional All-Americans. Over the past nine years, he has
also coached all nine Spartan All-Americans including five
first-team honorees, and the 2009 NSCAA National Player-of-the-Year
Jon Ports.

In addition to coaching the Spartan men's soccer program, he
also teaches math at York College.